Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Gonzalo Bénard X Ardentees






Ardenteees and Gonzalo Bénard have come together and collaborated to create a exclusive collection of 4 t-shirts featuring photographs by Gonzalo Bénard, on t-shirts for the first time.

This collection is comprised of 4 photographs; each limited to 100 pieces worldwide. Each piece comes with an individually numbered woven tag sewn in each shirt along with an individually numbered hang tag, making each t-shirt exclusive and desirable.

To order, please go to the store: Ardentees

About Gonzalo Bénard:

“Expressing. Dialogue. Oneness. Humankind. Nature. Life.


These words are those that crop up most in my mind-bank, in both my consciousness and my subconscious. Creating is the result of the need to express. The need to express through art and to create a dialogue between living beings; to lead to the oneness of humans and our surroundings. Man-Woman-Animal. Dialogue leading to oneness of gender, ritual, rite. Dialogue about life. Dialogue as creator, as observer, as author, as part of oneness. Part of the world. Part of life.


When writing, painting and drawing were no longer fulfilling me as a creator, photography came unexpectedly into my life. I let it come so my expression could flow, my creativity could come out pre-digested. Playing with light and feelings, cultures and people, without distracting colours, backgrounds or clothing.


Often using myself as part of the oneness, being in front and behind the camera, gives me a better sense of the dialogue. I can create and be involved in the rituals and cultures of life. As oneness. As nature. As light itself.”


As a Portuguese poet once said: “If God wanted to give names to the flowers or the stars, He would have created them with labels."

G Bènard’s work is to be found in both public and private collections from Europe to Australia, and his growing reputation has led to several high profile commissions.


More of his work can be view here: Gonzalo Benard

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